Reviews tagging 'Gore'

The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker

81 reviews

pwnyboy's review against another edition

dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content, Death, Infidelity, Body horror, Gore, Murder, Blood, Torture, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Cursing and Sexual assault

Minor: Alcohol

luvey_reads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? N/A
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Gore, Alcoholism, Addiction, Murder, Toxic relationship, Violence, Rape, Kidnapping, Incest, Alcohol, and Drug use

issymaae's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Murder, Body horror, and Gore

Moderate: Sexual content, Infidelity, and Sexual assault

Minor: Rape, Vomit, and Sexual violence

gospelflare's review against another edition

dark tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Gore, Sexual violence, and Body horror

Moderate: Sexual assault and Infidelity

danimacuk's review

dark mysterious sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Violence, Gore, Death, Infidelity, and Murder

Moderate: Cannibalism, Confinement, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Sexual violence, Alcohol, Rape, and Medical content

itsjustgrumpy's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

Scene for scene, it's the Hellraiser movie. It's one of my favourite movies ever but it's weird leaving a review for something so similar to the movie that I'd seen before reading. Barker is an imaginative force as always.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death of parent, Gore, Torture, Death, Blood, Body horror, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Physical abuse, Sexual content, and Violence

Moderate: Emotional abuse and Incest

f18's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Infidelity, Sexual content, Murder, Body horror, Gore, Violence, and Torture

Moderate: Sexual violence

Minor: Suicidal thoughts and Mental illness

leafhead's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

A fun read! Very similar to the movie that was made based on it. A staple for horror fans, and for good reason!

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Gore, Infidelity, Sexual content, Violence, Toxic relationship, Murder, Sexual violence, Blood, Body horror, Torture, Death, Injury/Injury detail, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Bullying

Minor: Addiction, Medical content, Drug abuse, Drug use, and Alcohol

uhhlexiconic's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

A brilliant story that loses some of its steam in the switch from Julia to Kirsty as the viewpoint character, the Hellbound Heart is a wonderful meditation on desire and greed.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual harassment, Gore, Murder, and Toxic relationship

detoxfive's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gore, Sexual content, and Sexual violence